Japanese PM admits shock at US nuclear bomb Hiroshima

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba admitted shock when he saw the nuclear bombing of the United States (US) on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

According to him, seeing the outside world nuclear weapons is the main goal. He also wanted to ensure that the tragedy of Hiroshima would not happen again.

Ishiba spoke the day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Japanese anti-nuclear weapon group founded by survivors of a US nuclear bomb attack.

“The testimony of witnesses provided by the organization has shown that nuclear weapons should not be used again,” said the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

PM Ishiba had been participating in a debate with other party leaders before the parliamentary elections at the end of October when he was asked about his stance on the abolition of nuclear weapons.

“The ultimate goal is a world without nuclear weapons. I want to be clear about that,” he replied.

The politician then recalled how he first saw footage of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing released by the US when he was still in sixth grade in primary school (SD).

“I will never forget the shock I felt when I saw that video,” he said.

“I want to make sure there is something like that [pengeboman Hiroshima atau Nagasaki] that will not happen again,” Ishiba said.